Austin, TX — Angered by a Chuck Norris appearance on the Larry King Show, an Austin man has challenged the former actor and karate star to a fight.
On September 10, Chuck Norris appeared on the Larry King Show along with Arianna Huffington and Ari Fleischer. Mr. Norris was extremely vocal in his support for John […]
Hutto, TX — A calf born with a birthmark resembling Governor Sarah Palin is drawing thousands of people to a small farm in Hutto, Texas.
Jesse Palmer prefers the simple, quiet life. He wakes at dawn each morning and puts in an honest day’s work managing his dairy and cattle farm in the small central Texas […]
Austin, TX — A local homeowner takes going green to the extreme, by scrapping his lawnmower and cutting his grass with scissors. It takes him nearly ten times as long to cut, but he is convinced that going green is worth it.
It seems everybody is going green these days. People are buying more fuel-efficient cars, […]
Attention residents of Austin, Texas. Are you considering Time Warner Cable Austin to be your Internet service provider? If so, you may want to read my tale of woe.
For about the last four months, I have been trying to get Time Warner Cable Austin to fix the problems with my Internet connection. They have failed […]
A social club started by three high school girls in Austin, Texas was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court judge on Friday. According to Judge Carlos Garcia, the so-called Hot Chicks Club restricted its membership based on physical appearance and was thus discriminatory in nature.
It all began nearly a year ago when three friends […]
Austin, TX — A local teenager filmed himself performing a bicycle stunt in an effort to win a funniest home video contest. He now has a broken arm and a third-place trophy to show for it.
If you’ve seen those funny home video shows on television, you know that they sometimes offer large prizes at the […]
In a last-minute news conference today, it was announced that the hit show American Idol will merge with the ailing American Gladiators in an attempt to breathe life into the latter show.
The details of the new show — American Idolators — have not yet been finalized. But a network source said that the format will […]
An Austin, Texas man has made medical history by being the first person to receive ape nipples via surgical transplant.
William Hartwell, a 54-year-old auto mechanic from North Austin, received the nipples and areola (colored area around the nipples) of a male chimpanzee that died of natural causes. The nipples of the two species — human […]
Thinking about moving to Austin in the near future? Or maybe you already live here, but you’d like to renew your appreciation for the city? In either case, this article is for you. In this special feature, the editors of The Austin Probe (your premier source for Austin news) have listed their favorite things about […]
A new cologne for men has been scientifically designed to attract older women in search of a younger man. The cologne, developed by Austin-based ScentMark Industries Inc., was four years in the making and could hit stores as early as this spring.
If you are not familiar with a “cougar” in the urban slang sense of […]
